Donnelly Joins the Pen

See, I leave the office for a couple of hours and all hell breaks loose. The Sox just announced that they acquired Angels reliever Brendan Donnelly in exchange for 27-year old minor-league lefty reliever Phil Seibel. I liked Seibel, he seems like he could still be a very servicable pitcher, maybe with a Casey Fossum-like career, but I like this move. Donnelly is a good reliever with playoff experience and a K/9 rate of exactly 9. He's pitched 295 innings in his career and has struck out 295 guys. He's walked 105, which is a pretty good rate for a power reliever. Can he close? He's got a couple of saves in his career. He's mostly been a setup guy, but good relievers are good relievers. A closer's just a title. If nothing else pans out, he could be the guy.